[Tango-L] Tango Personality Types

[astrid]

One famous type traditionally is "El Lobo". Famous among the women,
notorious among the men....
My personal favourite.

; )
Astrid
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----- Original Message -----
From: "WHITE 95 R" <white95r at hotmail.com>
To: <alohatango2002 at yahoo.com>; <tango-l at mit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango Personality Types


> Just 2 kinds: tango dancers and tango posers ;-)
>
>
> >From: Ernest Williams <alohatango2002 at yahoo.com>
> >To: tango-l at mit.edu
> >Subject: [Tango-L] Tango Personality Types
> >Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:50:26 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Hello All
> >
> >   I thought it would be fun to get the opinions of those on this list
> >about terms we can use to describe the many different personalities we
see
> >on the dance floor.  Imagine you were at a milonga or a workshop and you
> >were sitting to the side writing in a notebook putting people into broad
> >categories.  You would use one or two word phrases to describe the
category
> >that a particular leader or follower falls into.  I know that we are all
> >individuals, but at the same time people can be identified by often
> >reoccurring tendencies that they share with others.
> >
> >   For example there is the "Cowboy/Cowgirl" a person who dances wide
> >legged like they're going to the Ho Down, and then there is the "Ghost
> >dancer" where their lead or following is so light that you can hardly
feel
> >them, or the "Ocho machine" unending ochos from a follwer or "Teacher on
> >the dance floor" self explanatory but feel free to add your own
definition,
> >etc.  These may be things you can see or feel when dancing with someone.
> >The test is that you must have seen these in more than one person and
these
> >two or more people cannot have developed the habit from the same source.
I
> >would love a long list to be compiled of these personality types.
> >
> >   Feel free to be creative with descriptions and definitions without
> >personally attacking any dancer, teacher or community.  I'm not looking
for
> >long three paragraph arguments about the validity of anyone's entry or
any
> >defense of any entry.  If you are being defensive, it's probably because
> >they are describing you, so if you don't want to be associated with a
> >particular category, don't try to defend or undermine any particular
entry.
> >  I'm looking for as many positive and neutral ones as negative ones.
> >
> >   Thanks
> >
> >   Ernest
> >   www.emotionLdance.com
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